When Sony BMG sneezes, the music industry gets a cold. When it agrees a partnership with a free online music downloads service, the whole world stands up, shocked, to take notice. If there were every to be an emphatic announcement that free music downloads were the future of the music industry, then this is it.
Peter Gabriel’s ad-supported online music store, We7, has earned the support of the publishing giant. We7 will provide Sony’s back catalogue, in full, for streaming from its site.
We7 offers music downloads – free of cost and free of DRM – of over 2 million tracks to its users. A 10 second advertisement is added to the start of the track but if you keep the track for over a month this advertisement can be removed and the track kept forever. It is a fantastic service and we all must wish it the best of luck.
Music Downloads are here to stay, and the industry leaders like Ares are getting more competition everday.
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